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A lawsuit<\/ins><\/a> on behalf of five unnamed contestants who participated in YouTuber MrBeast\u2019s Beast Games<\/em> was filed on September 16 in Los Angeles against MrBeast as well as Amazon, which plans to distribute the show. It\u2019s also seeking class-action status.<\/p>\n Beast Games<\/em> is the brainchild of Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast. This game show had participants go through challenges for a shot at $5 million in cash. There would only be one winner out of 1,000 participants, so the money would only go to the last person standing.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n When the five contestants participated in the game show, they each wanted to win the money, but nothing prepared them for the poor conditions, mistreatment and harassment they experienced. Among the 14 complaints are failure to pay minimum wages, sexual harassment, false advertising and failure to provide uninterrupted meal and rest breaks.<\/p>\n The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit on behalf of all Beast Games<\/em> contestants besides themselves. Much of the lawsuit\u2019s content is hidden, including the contestants\u2019 names and the exact details of their mistreatment. Of note were the female contestants\u2019 experiences. The lawyers claimed that the work environment there \u201cfostered a culture of misogyny and sexism where Production Staff did nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n The contestants were considered employees under California law, but MrBeast and Amazon allegedly misclassified them to obtain a tax credit of around $2 million. They also arrived on set to discover that instead of 1,000 total competitors, there were far more people playing for the prize, thus lowering everyone’s chances of coming out a winner. According to the New York Times<\/ins><\/em><\/a>, the total number of contestants was about 2,000, something MrBeast said was the plan all along. The plaintiffs claimed this significantly reduced anyone\u2019s chances of winning and was considered false advertising. Even worse, the show organizers did not grant them meal and rest breaks as required by California law. According to the lawsuit, some of the show participants developed injuries that \u201ccontinue to persist and will persist from the future.\u201d<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time MrBeast has been involved in a lawsuit. Last year, he sued Virtual Dining Concepts<\/ins><\/a> (VDC) for making subpar MrBeast Burgers, ruining his reputation. VDC countersued<\/ins><\/a> MrBeast, seeking $100 million in damages.<\/p>\n